Judah_Jackie
Is 42:10 Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth! You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the islands {and} coastal regions and the inhabitants of them [sing a song such as has never been heard in the heathen world]!
Is 42:11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices, the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of the rock [Sela or Petra] sing; let them shout from the tops of the mountains!
Is 42:12 Let them give glory to the Lord and declare His praise in the islands {and} coastal regions.
Is 42:13 The Lord will go forth like a mighty man, He will rouse up His zealous indignation {and} vengeance like a warrior; He will cry, yes, He will shout aloud, He will do mightily against His enemies.
Is 42:14 [Thus says the Lord] I have for a long time held My peace, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant together.
Is 42:15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Is 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness into light before them and make uneven places into a plain. These things I have determined to do [for them]; and I will not leave them forsaken.
No matter what is happening around the world or in your life, our attitude should be one in which the Lord is exalted and praised for His sovereignty in all things. He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think. If we spent our time singing praises, singing a new song of triumph, we can rest in the truth of who God is, and how HE will do exactly what His word says He will do. In these verses you read the words; "I WILL" and HE WILL have vengence, justice for the oppressed, and He will not leave or forsake His own. God speaks of restraining Himself, and His grace and mercy are new every morning; but there comes a day when all HE said HE would do will be done and if judgment begins first at the house of God, how will it be then for the ungodly? God is on the throne and HE bids us to exalt and glorify Him in trusting Him to do all He says He will do. Rest and delight yourself in that truth, for He longs to hear your shouts, and songs of praise as you rest in knowing "whose in charge."